Destiny’s budget is on course to smash $500 million, according to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, while analysts are apparently theorising that the game will need to sell a significant amount of units to break even.

Activision Blizzard shareholder Todd Miller has filed a legal complaint against the company and its current parent, Vivendi, to stop Activision and an investment group headed by CEO Bobby Kotick and Brian Kelly from buying back stock in the firm.

Activision Blizzard became an independent company last night, after it bought back the majority of its shares held by former parent company Vivendi which now, only holds a 12% stake. This is, according to Robert W. Baird & Co analyst Colin Sebastian, a “win-win-win” for all parties involved – despite a decrease in WoW subs.

Activision-Blizzard CEO and president Bobby Kotick, increased his compensation “almost eightfold” to the tune of a whopping $64.9 million last year, according to an SEC filing broken down by Bloomberg.

Call of Duty has all the hallmarks of an action movie – the pounding soundtrack, explosions and lots of rappelling – oh so much rappelling. But don’t expect a movie adaptation of the series ever, says Activision CEO Bobby Kotick.

Activision boss Bobby Kotick has said it’s now possible to do “deep” multiplayer titles from the company on Nintendo platforms with Wii U, but has casted doubts over any potential marketplace with PlayStation Vita.

Without a doubt, Activision’s the publisher that everybody loves to hate. But is the unending torrent of bile justified? After all the recent lay-offs and cancellations, you could be forgiven for thinking so. Activision community manager Dan Amrich, however, thinks gamers haven’t quite given the “evil empire” its fair shake.